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what did states legislature do before the year 1913?
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Ratification by what is considered to be most in keeping with the principle of popular sovereignty?
State Legislatures.
What does house of representatives mean?
The lower house of the US Congress and other legislatures, including most US state governments. web definition
Which method of amendment ratification has been used most often?
Ratification by state legislatures has been used for all amendments except the 21st. The 21st anemdment was ratified by the state conventions.
Which method of amending the Constitution has been the most commonly used?
The most common method is Congress approving the new amendment with a 2/3rd majority. Once Congress approves the measure it is sent to the states to decide if they want the amendment. It will pass once 3/4th of the states approve the new amendment.
Which State legislature meets continuously rather than annually?
Are you thinking of Nebraska, which has a unicameral legislature? That means there is only one house. Every other state has two houses, just like the US Congress. The upper house is usually called the Senate, but the lower house may be called the Assembly (in NY), the House of Delegates (in VA), or whatever.
What are most state legislatures today?
bicameral
What type of legislatures did most state?
bicameral legislatures mirroring the US Congress: a House and a Senate
Why do you think it was that most delegates had served in state legislatures?
no
Why do you think was important that most delegates had served in state legislatures?
no
Why do you think it was important that most delegates had served it state legislatures?
no
Ratification by what is considered to be most in keeping with the principle of popular sovereignty?
State Legislatures.
What were Thomas Jefferson's Ideas and thoughts?
That most power should be in the state legislatures
Which characteristic of original state governments was most unlike that of British government?
legislatures were bicameral
Are most state legislatures bicameral?
Yes. All states besides Nebreska are bicameral.
Where did nearly all the state constitutions written in the late 1770 place most of the power?
Nearly all of the state constitutions written in the late 1770s placed most of the power in the legislatures. Legislatures were extensions of the English government in the US colonies.
Compared with the US Congress and most other state legislatures the seniority system in the Texas legislature is?
Limited
What is the most widely used method for the ratification of an amendments to the Constitution?
Ratification by the three-fourths of the state legislatures
